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Franc on foot - Joanna I 2nd type
| Issuer | Provence, County of |
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| Year | 1362-1382 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Full-length crowned effigy of Queen Joanna I standing facing within an elaborate Gothic architectural canopy, rendered in the French franc-à-pied tradition. The queen is depicted in royal armor or regalia, holding a sword in her right hand and a fleur-de-lis scepter in her left, flanked by ornate Gothic pinnacles adorned with fleurs-de-lis. The entire composition rests on a decorative ground line, with the figure set beneath a trefoil arch embellished with crockets and finials characteristic of 14th-century Gothic die-cutting. A beaded inner circle separates the central device from the circumferential legend in uncial Latin lettering. |
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| Obverse lettering | • IONNA • DEI • G • IhR • ET • SICIL • RE (Translation: Joanna, by God`s grace, queen of Jerusalem and Sicily...) |
| Reverse description | An ornate floriated cross pattée with trefoil terminals occupies the center of the field, set within a quadrilobe frame formed by four Gothic arches, each angle embellished with fleurs-de-lis. Small cross-crosslet ornaments appear in the spandrels between the lobes. The overall design closely follows the standard franc-à-pied reverse type adapted for the County of Provence, featuring refined Gothic craftsmanship typical of mid-14th-century Provençal coinage. A beaded border encircles the central motif, with the circumferential legend in uncial Latin running along the outer rim. |
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